’60 Minutes’ Under Fire After Full DHS Interview Reveals What Was Left On Cutting Room Floor
CBS News has published the full 60 Minutes interview with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) General Counsel James Percival after omitting key exchanges.
Percival sat down with 60 Minutes contributor Gianna Toboni for a segment titled “Destination: Nowhere,” which aired Sunday and examined the Trump administration’s third-country deportation policy.
Percival later said the interview lasted nearly an hour, but only part of it aired. On Oct. 26, 2026, 60 Minutes published the full version on its official YouTube channel, while DHS criticized the program’s editing and argued that the omitted exchanges provided additional context about the administration’s policies.
In one clip shared by Percival on X, he challenged Toboni over whether deportees faced persecution or torture after returning to their home countries.
You can kind of see why @60Minutes left stuff like this on the cutting room floor. https://t.co/w5L4jEbdJl
— James Percival (@DHSGenCounsel) October 27, 2026
“Are you suggesting that when these people went back to their home countries that they were persecuted or tortured?” Percival asked. (Read more from “’60 Minutes’ Under Fire After Full DHS Interview Reveals What Was Left On Cutting Room Floor” HERE)
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